Apparatus for refining oil.



J. R. TIMMINS. l APPARATUS FOR REFINING OIL.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.1o,1a1a.

, 1,105,383, Patented July 28, 19145 HEUTE@ @lltt'llhlt 'ilji ai..- thati To all 'whom it may concer/n:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. Trium-NS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oltrnulgee, in the county of Oltniulgee and State ofOklahoma, have invented certain new and useful lmprovemente ini-"iplmratusy for Relining Oil; and I do declare the {olllowingto be afull, ele-a1', and exact deseription of the invention, sueh as willenable others skilled in the art to which it apper-- tains to make anduse the saine.

This invention relates to etille` for relining those in whih the Crudeoil is vaporiinml and the vapor condensed; and the ohjeet of the same isto produce improvements in apparatus of this character whereinl theaction of the saine will he opliekened and cheap ened. This and otherohjeets are ea rried out in the nulnner hereinafter more lully describedand claimed, and as shown in the drawings wherein is illustrated ageneral erapeetive view of the entire plant.

lVithin the still 2 the oil is heated to sueh an extent that it risesinto the dome in the shape of vapor, 'whence it is eoiulueted up wardthrough a pipe 3 and a valve fi into the lower cross head 54 of aprimary ('ondenser, here shown as a manifold 6 which is made up of anumber of line pipes connecting' said cross head with an upper crosshead 7, and all of these pipes are exposed lo the air so that thevuporized oil therein muy he eooled it' not eondensed. Such portionsthereoll as are condensed drop haelt into the Still and go through theproeessl again, hut the lighter vapors whieh reach the upper cross head7 pass through an upwardly inelined outlet pipe '12, thence over an arch18 and down ward through a pipe 14 into a eeeondary condenser, which,like the first, may cousist of a lower cross head 15, a number of finepipes 16, and an upper cross head la7 as shown. This eoiulenserneed notbe as large as that first ahove described, heeause oliviously a largepercentage of the vapors from heavier oil will have been condensedwithin the first one, and it will he only the lighter apors from thelighter oil whith will pass over the pipe 'l2 and areh 13 into thesecond condenser'. Theeondensates from the latter pass out the pipe i9`through valve i81 and then through pipe 9 into a ooil ll which isdisposed in a cooling tank l0 containingr water or other cooling agentas shown dia Specification. of Letters Eateut,

Application filed April 10, 19N..

mineral oils,- and more especially to,

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i l irrational/ira y 41n` the drawinga. ily tris means the eontltaisute,atrippetl ol the ra porirted uu'tiona ol' the oil at: initially treatiwhie voor ed erentua ly through the. pipes 'l-l to the huilt llo; hut il'it 'la found that it would he wise to treat the saine again. it may heparla-ed lhriuujjh the .pipe L and valve Si haelt to the atili if; inwhieli it ran he euhjeeted lo re-lreatnu ut in the ina ruler ahoratileaerihed.

rlhe very lightest vapore wliieh are 'not eoudeufzed Ywithin the eevontluuiniliold paar] from ite upper eross head1? through an osulet pipe intothe top oi" a separator, here shown afs a Cylinder 3.6, where the oilpasara out through the outlet 29 and valve 25%. and into the roil 'lilioil the main outlet il ar lliure dest-rilu-l'l. The lipjhleat oif theoil vapore'. ii; the eyliuder 2G pase out the vapor outlet t?? near itslupper end and lead to a roil Ill within a rooting hom' lill af; vrdmwio.illitliiii this ruil they7 are sullierted lo ihr roolii\.; fiullueuressol' the proper agout within the hott fill; .rhalerer vapors muyr romeover through hoth 'eoiuleusers and the separater 'i are eoudensed: andlinall),7 they are led through the pipe l@ inte a ianlt fill. .Lf-loalso the heavier oils whieh are drawn lroin all. the outlets are rooledwithin the eoil ll and led throue'h the pipe ill to the lard:4 tlf?. isalso pute within the scope oi in v iure tion that the iuteruudiutegrades oi oilr, eould he t'volleried in separate taule: lijf tron-`duetingr the outlet pipes fh il). and 2o through Separate. voila iaazeadol through the single eoil ll aa"sl|o\ru; hul lha detail need?` no't'urtlier elaboration. lluiinir the protrae. ol distillation orrefining aa ear rifri, out, hy this apparaitre-1, the raporiwed oi?.alter leaving` the still is driven into the larger manifold l severalLimes helore the prot ss is complete. liv this l mean the oil in thestill may he so heated that tlul vapor rises therefrom in waves orpulsations. that portion of eaeh whieh is eoudeused fallin;T hat-lt intothe Still to he airain i'aporiied and that portion not rondeur-'edpa-:hina ou througflmut the eourao iudirated. Un entering the manifoldf3 and finding!` it eold, uiueh olE lluvapor ai liu* first ilupldfeywill he roudensed and wli fall lmrl; into lha still to he ral'ulrized aseven-d limo', oo the eet-ond impulse a 'smaller proportion uill latonrleusitl and l'all haelt i'or rentwed Iaetion; iinall),r theten'iperature el the .rallier till lll()

